Old Javanese Pedang

kai · 9th April 2017, 12:50 PM

P.S.: Here is another example with VOC blade sold by Gavin a good while ago.

Regards,
Kai

Athanase · 10th April 2017, 10:06 AM

Thank you for all those informations.

I can not read a date on the blade because I can only distinguish 3 numerals.
I see: A VOC * 9 7 1
They're very spaced, and the space between 9 and 7 is strangely long.
On one side, between 9 and 7 there is a rust spot, perfectly circular, of the same size as the loop of the 9. If it were a "0 we would see: 1 7 o 9 with a 0 placed low and very small. The other solution is: 1 7 8 9 or 1 7 6 9 with the "o" would be the trace of an old 8 or 6
The 7 and the 1 are very worn. On one side of the blade the 1 has almost disappeared, one guesses only its base.

I think that the acid passages to bring out the pamor one makes disappear part of the date which should not be engraved deep enough.

Athanase · 16th April 2017, 03:09 PM

Hello,

I had written my previous message with my memory. New observations (and new photos) show that I confused the 9 and the 6.
The date written on the blade is possibly 1796. But the 9 is very little visible on one side, and totally disappeared on the other side of the blade.

16th April 2017, 03:09 PM	#3
Athanase Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Paris (France) Posts: 417	Hello, I had written my previous message with my memory. New observations (and new photos) show that I confused the 9 and the 6. The date written on the blade is possibly 1796. But the 9 is very little visible on one side, and totally disappeared on the other side of the blade. Attached Images

9th April 2017, 12:50 PM	#1
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	P.S.: Here is another example with VOC blade sold by Gavin a good while ago. Regards, Kai

10th April 2017, 10:06 AM	#2
Athanase Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Paris (France) Posts: 417	Thank you for all those informations. I can not read a date on the blade because I can only distinguish 3 numerals. I see: A VOC * 9 7 1 They're very spaced, and the space between 9 and 7 is strangely long. On one side, between 9 and 7 there is a rust spot, perfectly circular, of the same size as the loop of the 9. If it were a "0 we would see: 1 7 o 9 with a 0 placed low and very small. The other solution is: 1 7 8 9 or 1 7 6 9 with the "o" would be the trace of an old 8 or 6 The 7 and the 1 are very worn. On one side of the blade the 1 has almost disappeared, one guesses only its base. I think that the acid passages to bring out the pamor one makes disappear part of the date which should not be engraved deep enough.